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Group A Strep (Streptococcus pyrogenes)

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Gram+ 
catalyze neg
beta-hemolytic 
Disease: Strept throat (red swollen throat/tonsilsw/ white exudate, fever, cervical LAD)
rapid test (RADT)or culture
treated w/ penicillin
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Group B Strep (streptococcus agalactiae)

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Gram +
catalase neg
beta-hemolytic
disease: neonatal meningitis, pneumonia or sepsis

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Group D Strep (Enterococcus)

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Gram +
catalayse neg
variable hemolytic (mostly alpha)
disease: UTI, Biliary tract infection, endocarditis

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Streptococcus Pneumoniae

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Gram +
diplococci
catalayse neg
alpha-hemolytic
virulence:polysacharide capsule
disease: pneumonia, meningitis, otitis media
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Viridians Strep

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Gram+
catalayse neg
alpha-hemolytic(most)
disease: dental-S. mutans, endocarditis, abscesses

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Staphylococcus Aureus

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Gram +
coagulase +
cocci clusters
catalyze +
beta-hemolytic
virulence: produces toxins-coag pos
disease: endocarditis, septic arthritis, toxic shock syndrome, H.A. PNA, surgical wound infection, folliculitis, cellulitis, impetigo, bacterial conjunctivitis
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MRSA (Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus)

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Gram +
coagulase +
cocci clusters
catalase +
beta-hemolytic
virulence: produces toxin, coat pos.
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Staphylococcus epidermis

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Gram +
coagulase -
cocci clusters
catalase +
virulence: biofilm
disease: infection of urine catheters, prosthesis, etc
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Staphylococcus saprophyticus

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Gram +
coagulase neg
cocci clusters
catalase +
disease: UTI
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Bacillus anthracis

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Gram +
rod/bacillus
aerobic
virulence: spore-forming, antiphagocytic capsule, exotoxin
disease: Anthrax
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Bacillus Cereus

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Gram +
rod/bacillus
aerobic
virulence: spore forming, motile, exotoxin (enterotoxin)
disease: food poisoning (rice/grains)
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Clostridium botulinum

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Gram +
rod/bacillus
anaerobic
virulence: exotoxin
disease: botulism
honey w/ babies under 1
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Clostridium tetani

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Gram +
rod/bacillus
anaerobic
virulence: exotoxin
disease: tetanus
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Clostridium perfringens

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Gram +
rod/bacillus
anaerobic
virulence: exotoxin
disease: "gas gangrene", cellulitis, myonecrosis, diarrhea
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Clostridium defficile

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Gram +
rod/bacillus
anaerobic
virulence: exotoxin
disease: pseudomembranous colitis
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corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Gram +
rod/bacillus
non-spore forming
virulence: exotoxin
disease: diphtheria
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Listeria monocytogenes

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Gram +
rod/bacillus
non-spore forming
virulence: flagella
disease: neonatal meningitis (high risk in pregnant women)
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Neisseria meningitis

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Gram -
diplococci
virulence: capsule, endotoxin (LPS), pili
disease: meningitis
presentation: petechiae, sepsis
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Gram -
diplococci
virulence: pili
disease: neonatal conjunctivitis, PID

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Moraxella catarrhalis

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Gram -
coccobacillus
disease: otitis media, sinusitis, bronchitis, pneumonia

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Enterotoxigenic E coli

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Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
virulence: exotoxin, pili
Disease: travelers diarrhea
presentation: rice-water stool
similar to cholera
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Enterohemorrhagic E coli

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Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
virulence: exotoxin (shiga-like toxin), pili
disease: hemorrhagic colitis
presents: bloody diarrhea
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Enteroinvasive E coli

A 
Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
virulence: exotoxin, plasmid
presentation: bloody diarrhea (same disease state as shigella)
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E coli UTI

A

Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
Disease: UTI

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E coli meningitis

A

Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
Disease: neonatal meningitis

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E. coli sepsis

A

Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
Disease: gram neg sepsis (most common cause)

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E coli pneumonia

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Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
Disease: hospital acquired PNA

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Klebsiella pneumonia

A 
Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
virulence: capsule
Disease: sepsis, UTI, pneumonia
*currant jelly sputum
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Proteus mirabilis

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Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
Disease: UTI, nosocomial infections

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enterobacter

A 
Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
virulence: motile
Disease: hospital acquired infections
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Shigella

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Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
virulence: shiga toxin
presentation: bloody diarrhea
similar to enteroinvasive coli, fecal-oral transmission through human host
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Salmonella

A 
Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
Disease: gastroenteritis
food/water contaminated by animal feces (chicken, uncooked eggs)
33
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Salmonella typhi

A 
Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
Disease: typhoid fever
facultative intracellular parasite, chronic carriers-gallbladder
34
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Vibrio cholera

A 
Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
virulence: flagellum, cholera toxin
Disease: cholera
presentation: rice-water diarrhea
fecal-contaminated water, similar to enterotoxin ecoli
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Campylobacter jejuni

A 
Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
presentation: bloody, loose diarrhea 
wild/domestic animals/poultry
36
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Helicobacter pylori

A

Gram -
rod/bacillus
enteric
duodenal/gastric ulcers

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Haemophilus influenza

A 
Gram -
rod/bacillus
respiratory
virulence: capsule (6 types)
Disease: meningitis, epiglottitis, septic arthritis, otitis media
HIB Vaccine
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Bordetella pertussis

A 
Gram -
rod/bacillus
respiratory
Disease: whooping cough
treatment: supportive erythromycin
vaccine
39
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Legionella pneumophilia

A 
Gram -
rod/bacillus
respiratory
Disease: legionnaire disease
water environments
40
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Yersinia enterocolitica

A 
Gram -
rod/bacillus
zoonotic
Disease: gastroenteritis
similar presentation as salmonella/shigella
41
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Yersinia pestis

A 
Gram -
rod/bacillus
zoonotic
Disease: bubonic plague
presentation: hemorrhage under skin (Black Death)
rats/fleas
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Francisella tularenis

A 
Gram -
rod/bacillus
zoonotic
Disease: tularemia
presentation: ulceroglandular disease, pneumonia
rabbits/ticks/deerflies
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Brucella

A 
Gram -
rod/bacillus
zoonotic
Disease: brucellosis
infected animal meat or milk products
44
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Pasteurella multocida

A

Gram -
rod/bacillus
zoonotic
cat/dog bite

45
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Mycobacteria tuberculosis

A 
acid-fast
rod/bacillus
obligate aerobic
disease: tuberculosis
caseous necrosis
46
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Mycobacterium leprae

A

acid-fast
rod/bacillus
aerobic
Disease: Hansen disease (leprosy)

47
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Atypical mycobateria

A 
acid-fast
rod/bacillus
aerobic
MAC
opportunistic infection
48
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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no cell wall

disease: bronchitis, pneumonia

49
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Ureaplasma urealyticum

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no cell wall
UTI
urethritis

50
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Trepenema pallidium

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needs dark field microscopy/immunofluorescence
spiral/spirochete
virulence: LPS (lipid A), additional outer membrane, axial flagella
disease: syphillis

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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needs dark field microscopy/immunofluorescence
spiral/spirochete
virulence: LPS (lipid A), additional outer membrane, axial flagella
Disease: lyme disease
presentation: erythema, chronic migrans, neurologic damage
white-footed mouse/white tailed deer

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Leptospira

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needs dark field microscopy/immunofluorescence
spiral/spirochete
virulence: LPS (lipid A), additional outer membrane, axial flagella
urine of dogs, rats, livestock, wild animals

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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obligate aerobe
intracellular
presentation: conjunctivitis, urethritis, PID

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Rickettsia rickettsii

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obligate aerobe
intracellular
disease: Rocky Mountain spotted fever
presentation: fever, conjunctival redness, headache, palmar rash

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